Mitcham RSL Sub-branch's clubroom will have a $500,000 extension. Some notable personnels mentioned are Sir Edward Dunlop and Sister Vivian Bullwinkel.Mitcham RSL Sub-branch's clubroom will have a $500,000 extension.rsl, mitcham, dunlop, edward sir, stuart, donald, bullwinkel, vivian

A Scrap book from newspaper articles of various females of interest to Jean Dunsmuir started in 1953Newspaper articles from 1953 onwards in the form of a scrap bookspiral bound, cardboard covered sketch bookOn cover; Spirax No 578 Sketch Book - Jean C. Dunsmuir Repatriation Hospital Heidelberg West jean dunsmuir, heidelberg repatriation hospital, joan hammond, juan jose castro, sister mavis hannah, sister wilma oram, lesley davis, sister jessie doyle, vivian statham, sister vivian bullwinkel, lynette kierce, jennifer laycock, kathleen ferrier, a. noy, m. holden, a. syer, b. jeffry, virginia paris, shirley strickland, maureen connolly, marjorie jackson, winsome cripps, jean sedgman, heather menzies, jean brooks, janine bishop, susanne ricketts

A large collection of photographs, photo negatives, and postcards relating to the Returned Nurses Club, World War II and post WWII. Included in this collection are photos of.... - Singapore Cemetary - War memorial windows in St.Peter's Church, Maroochydore, Qld. - Dr. Rupert Goodman - Returned Nurses 1988 Christmas Lunch - "Teddy" Doig's Medallion - black and white photos of Nurses in WWII - 50th Commemoration of the sinking of "Centaur", 14th May 1993. - ANZAC Day 1991, Melbourne march - 50th reunion P.O.W. girls 13th AGH 1991 (including Betty Jeffries, Sylvia Muir, Vivian Bullwinkel, Wilma Oram - ANZAC Day, Perth 1992 - 90th R.A.A.N.C. Anniversary 1992 - various other colour photos of Returned Nurses and black and white WWII photos, as well as personal memorabilia postcards Three ring binder, royal blue, photograph album. Five sets of three horizontal gold lines spaced out down the spine. Triple gold line border around the front cover with the word photographs printed in gold across the cover. Large number of plastic covered, white self-adhesive pages inside that are hole punched and attached to the binder rings. Page layout and contents varies on each page.[Most pages have captions handwritten in blue ink directly on the self-adhesive card]royal australian army nursing corps, raanc, ceremonies, returned nurses club, anzac day march, anniversaries, wwii, second world war, ww2, rupert goodman, sister vivian bullwinkel, betty jeffrey, sylvia muir, wilma elizabeth forster oram

A collection of media relating to Royal Australian Army Nurses during and after the Second World War, including memorial and commemorative ceremonies, nurse biographies and experiences, book reviews, news articles, and photographs.Blue post-bound album with triple gold lined border around the front cover and tiny gold square dots spaced out within the border. Hand-written in gold ink across the front is 'media album 2000'. There is gold writing down the spine. The album contains a large collection of photographs and mixed media items ranging from magazine and newspaper clippings, photocopies of articles, colour and black and white photos in a range of sizes, menu cards, ceremony programs.'MEDIA / ALBUM / 2000' [Hand written in gold ink on the front cover, the 2000 is quite smudged] 'RAANCA MEDIA 2000' [Hand written in gold ink down the spine] ' "M" ' [Hand written in black ink at the top of the spine] royal australian army nursing corps, raanc, ceremonies, returned nurses club, anzac day march, anniversaries, wwii, second world war, ww2, sister vivian bullwinkel, military nursing - australia, sister molly young, korean conflict, shirley porter, joan wicks (nee bray), sister ellen mccarthy, banka massacre

A personal account of the dedication and unveiling ceremony of the memorial for the WWII nurses from the SS Vyner Brooke. The memorial is located at Point Walter, Bicton, Perth (Western Australia), on May 2nd 1999. The account was written by Wilma Young (nee Oram).Typed account on white A4 paper. The first page contains three lines of type in the centre of the page. The remaining pages contain multiple paragraphs of type covering each page.world war two, ww2, wwii, ss vyner brooke, vyner brooke memorial, sister vivian bullwinkel, wilma young [oram], prisoners of war, war memorials australia

The Victorian Returned Services League(RSL) presented a Festival of Empire and Remembrance. The RSL Memoriall Band played martial airs as all branches of the services and representatives from all parts if the Empire marched down the centre aisle to take their seats on the stage. In attendance were many official guests as well as decorated personnel of three wars - Mr Roger James, who won the Victoria Cross(VC) in 1901 in the Boer War; Mr Mcarthy, awarded the VC for bravery in France in 1918; Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, Associate of the Royal Red Cross and Florence Nightingale Medal; Sister Margaret who was awarded the George Medal.A newspaper clipping of a large black and white photo of two older men and two young women in nurse's uniform with a single column of text beneathmelbourne, town hall, edmund herring, mary ranken lyle, mary herring, john cain, dorothea vera marie grindrod, dorothea cain, mrs williams, gw holland, ww1, wwi, ww2, wwii

An invitation from the members of S I Deakin to attend a musical afternoon on Sunday October 22, 2000. The afternoon is in remembrance of Sister Vivian Bullwinkel and the Australian Army Nurses who were prisoners of war in Sumatra during World War II. In the prison camp in Sumatra a vocal orchestra was formed. In 1990 Vivian Bullwinkel organised a concert to aid the Red Cross, entitled 'Song of survival', where 74 singers were trained to recreate the Vocal Orchestra of Sumatra. The musical afternoon includes a viewing of the taped recording of that concert with afternoon tea to follow. The second page of the document is a programme of the order of songs and music from the Song of Survival concert.Double-sided photocopy on white A4 paper. The first side contains an invitation in black type with bold headings surrounded by a double-lined border. The second side is a typed programme list, headings in bold type, surrounded by a border made up of a continuous line of musical notes in bold black print.'Soroptomist Headquarter / 383 Toorak Road / South Yarra / Phone 982722720' [Handwritten in black ink, right side of first page]world war two, ww2, wwii, vivian bullwinkel, australian army nurses, prisoners of war-sumatra, vochal orchestra of sumatra, song of survival concert

An invitation from the members of S I Deakin to attend a musical afternoon on Sunday October 22, 2000. The afternoon is in remembrance of Sister Vivian Bullwinkel and the Australian Army Nurses who were prisoners of war in Sumatra during World War II. In the prison camp in Sumatra a vocal orchestra was formed. In 1990 Vivian Bullwinkel organised a concert to aid the Red Cross, entitled 'Song of survival', where 74 singers were trained to recreate the Vocal Orchestra of Sumatra. The musical afternoon includes a viewing of the taped recording of that concert with afternoon tea to follow. The second page of the document is a programme of the order of songs and music from the Song of Survival concert.Two sheets of A4 paper. The first contains an invitation in black type with bold headings surrounded by a double-lined border. The second page is a typed programme list, headings in bold type, surrounded by a border made up of a continuous line of musical notes in bold black print.world war two, ww2, wwii, vivian bullwinkel, australian army nurses, prisoners of war-sumatra, vochal orchestra of sumatra, song of survival concert

The Swan Hill Military Museum, unique in Australia, if not the Southern Hemisphere tells a different story to most war museums. Every item has a personal story story with it. Included in the area especially set aside for members of the women's services are the uniforms of Sisters Vivian Bullwinkel and Veronica Clancy, both of which have very interesting stories to tell. Both nurses survived the sinking of the Vyner Brooke, by Japanese bombs. Sister Clancy was able to make it ashore on a raft using her uniform as a sail. After coming ashore Sister Bullwinkel joined a group of other nurses, only to become the sole survivor of the Banka Island massacre, when she feigned death after being machine gunned down with the other nurses by the Japanese. A large newspaper clipping consisting of five columns of text and two black and white photos. The first photo shows a display of a military jacket with medals and a nurse's uniform, while the second photo shows a man and a woman looking at a military display.'WWII' [blue ink, top, right of centre] '26-10.72' [blue ink, top right corner]crimean war, sudan war, boer war, world war 1, world war one, wwi, ww1, world war 2, wwii, ww2, korean war, vietnam war, pioneer settlement, general sir william birdwood, anzac, gallipoli, pow

Our war heroines have always received less attention than their male counterparts, but Dr Rupert Goodman is helping to set the record straight, with the first book to give a comprehensive history of Australia's war nurses. Among those commemorated in the book are the nurses killed or died in action in World War II. Dr Goodman says one of the most outstanding episodes was the sinking of the hospital ship, the Centaur, off Brisbane by a Japanese sub. Of 11 sisters, one survived, Sister Savage and she kept up the morale of the survivors in shark-infested waters for 24 hours. Another was Sister Anderson, who was tending wounded on deck aboard the Empire Star and threw herself over a Digger to protect him from strafing as they were escaping from the fall of Singapore. Or the Banka Island massacre. Twenty three nurses were ordered to march into the sea and were shot dead. Only one survived, Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, after feigning death, she returned to shore tended to a wounded solider, then was captured and became a POW.A newspaper clipping of three columns of text with a black and white photo above of three women, two obviously in nurse's uniformwwii, ww2, world war two, our war nurses - the history of the royal australian army nursing corps 1902-1988, george medal, banker island, edith cavell, world war 1, world war one, ww1, wwi, war memorial, canberra

Illustrated book, with brown and green cover. On the front cover is one large and three small photographs Of women (the large photograph is of Vivian Bullwinkel, top right - Joyce Tweedle, centre -Myrtle Rose White, bottom right - Jeannie Gunn). Below these photos title (black, green and white ink) and author's name (white ink) are printed. Three of these photos are also on the spine (Vivian Bullwinkel, Joyce Tweedle & Jessie Gunn) above the phots the book title is printed in black and brown ink, and below the author's name, publisher's name and logo are printed in white ink. On the back cover is a summary of the book and a photograph of a woman (Myrtle Rose White. non-fictionProviding inspiration for contemporary women, this book profiles 21 individuals who faced different tests - harshness of the Australian outback, but when encountering adversity, even death, each proved her mettle, showing what it takes to be a truly heroic Australian. The 21 women are :- Georgiana Molloy, Frances ('Fanny') Bussell, Elizabeth ('Bessie') Bussell, Charlotte Cookworthy Bussell, Emma Mary Withnell, Atlanta Hope Bradshaw, Jeannie Gunn OBE, Evelyn Maunsell, Catherine Langloh Parker, Myrtle Rose White, Olive May Kelso King, Dr Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd Bennett, Dr Lilian Violet Cooper, Sister Alice Elizabeth Kitchen, Joice NanKivell Loch, Sister Sylvia Muir, Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, Sister Joyce Tweddell, Sister Betty Jeffrey, Mavis Parkinson, and Sister Frances May Hayman.women-biography, women-australian-biography

WWII historical significancePortrait of Vivian Bullwinkel AO, MBE (1915 - 2000)Vivian Bullwinkel, a Second World War army nursing sister, is best known as the sole survivor of the infamous Banka Island massacre, in which 21 of her colleagues were killed by Japanese troops. Her courage while a prisoner of the Japanese for over three and a half years exemplified the bravery of Australian women in war, and her distinguished postwar career was marked by many humanitarian achievements.

8 page yellow covered programme commemorating the Mitcham R.S.L. Sub-branch new extensions and alterations.Yellow covered programme commemorating the Mitcham R.S.L. Sub-branch's new extensions and alterations. The Club was opened by Sir Edward Dunlop. Nursing Sister Vivian Bullwinkel was an honoured guest. Includes lists of Mitcham Sub-Branch Committee 1988, Ted Arrowsmith, Mathews Timber Pty Ltd., lists of Presidents and secretaries.mitcham returned servicemens league, dunlop, edward, sir, bullwinkle, vivian, exservice organisations

This clipping is announcing the launch of a book written by Betty Jeffrey about her and other Australian Nurses' time as WW2 POW's. The article details Sister Jefferey starting to write the book while still a POW, and during her two year recuperation in an Australian Army hospital. She is willing to gift the original scraps of paper she used to write the book to the National War Memorial in Canberra.A newspaper clipping from a larger page of a single column of text and large black and white photo of two women holding glasses and smiling. The bottom of the article appears to be missing.'16/3/54 Sun' [blue ink top of page]vivien bullwinkel, australian army nurses, wwii, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel)

The article documents Vivian Statham being recognised by the City of Melville Bicentennial Subcommittee of Ex-Service Associations. Vivian was asked to deliver a requiem at the following year's Anzac service, during which a clock tower would be dedicated to those who served in the war. The article is also biographical, detailing Vivian's experiences 45 years before as, while serving with the Australian Army Nursing Service, the ship she and other nurses were being evacuated on was sunk by the Japanese. Vivian was part of a group that survived to make it shore, where they and a group of English servicemen decided to give themselves up to the Japanese. She was one of twenty-one nurses who were then shot, along with the bayoneting of the English servicemen. Vivian survived but ultimately became a POW for the next three and a half years. After returning to Australia Vivian gave evidence at the War Crime Trials in Tokyo in 1946-47. More recently Vivian a member or representative of many organisations and keeps herself busy.A newspaper clipping with six columns of text and a black and white photo of an smiling older woman centred under the title and subtitleww2, wwll, banka island, japanese, sumatra, vivian bullwinkel, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), 13th australian general hospital, johore bahru, singapore, vyner brooke, vyner brook

Bronze coloured hardcover book with gold writing on the cover depicting title and auther's name. The book is covered with a brown and red dust jacket with an image on the cover of a framed oil painting of Vivian Bullwinkel wearing her nurses' uniform.non-fiction The true story of Vivian Bullwinkel, a young army nursing sister who was sole survivor of WW2 massacre by the Japanese, the book details her ordeal in the Sumatran jungle POW camps. Her determination to survive is the basis of this factual biography. The story of Sister Vivian Bullwinkel and the wartime massacre of 21 Australian Army Nursing Service sisters. As the sole survivor of that massacre and a captive of the Japanese, she survived starvation, torture and lack of medicine by luck and sheer determination to live. [From Trove] vivian bullwinkel, royal australian army nursing corps, prisoners of war, ww2, wwii, world war two, world war 2

Bronze coloured hardcover book with gold writing on the cover depicting title and auther's name. The book is covered with a brown and red dust jacket with an image on the cover of a framed oil painting of Vivian Bullwinkel wearing her nurses' uniform.non-fiction The true story of Vivian Bullwinkel, a young army nursing sister who was sole survivor of WW2 massacre by the Japanese, the book details her ordeal in the Sumatran jungle POW camps. Her determination to survive is the basis of this factual biography. The story of Sister Vivian Bullwinkel and the wartime massacre of 21 Australian Army Nursing Service sisters. As the sole survivor of that massacre and a captive of the Japanese, she survived starvation, torture and lack of medicine by luck and sheer determination to live. [From Trove] vivian bullwinkel, royal australian army nursing corps, prisoners of war, ww2, wwii, world war two, world war 2

Title is printed across the middle of the cover in large white text, followed by the sub title in smaller green print below. There is a photo of Sister Betty Jeffrey in the top left corner and the bottom half of the page shows an image of a group of ten nurses posing for a photo. The background of the cover is dense green jungle.non-fictionThe incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of evacuation ship SS Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra. During those perilous years surviving in squalid conditions, Sister Jeffrey kept a secret diary of day-to-day events which, after the war, was turned into a hugely successful book and radio serial: White Coolies. She would often write of the powerful sisterhood that evolved as the prisoners of war took strength from each other, even forming a vocal orchestra. White Coolies was a major inspiration for the 1997 film Paradise Road. Sisters in Captivity builds on those diaries to not only re-live the years the nurses spent as POWs but also recounts the early life and influences that encouraged Betty Jeffrey into the field of nursing as a lifelong endeavour. A tireless advocate for returned nurses, she co-founded the Australian Nurses Memorial Centre with sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, fellow POW, and her longtime friend Vivian Bullwinkel. Featuring 32 pages of photos including personal mementos of Betty Jeffrey, courtesy of her family, and her drawings from the prison camps, this is a powerful account of women's resilience amidst the devastating brutality of war.--Back cover. military nursing, military history, betty jeffrey, royal australian army nursing corps

Copy of file no. 336-1-1289 from the National Archives of Australia being two documents. The first one is a single page statement from Vivian Bullwinkel listing nurses killed on the beach at Bangka Island on 16th of February 1942 and those others she certified as definitely killed. The second one is a statement by Nesta Gwenyth James detailing departure from Singapore, bombing of the SS Vynerbrook, subsequent sinking of same, confinement by the Japanese on Bangka Island, conditions and experience of the same and final release. Neither document is accurately dated, but NAA information along left hand side indicates they are from between 1943 & 1951.Bundle of copies of foolscap papers held together with a white archival paperclip and containing information of original source down left hand side. Contains two different documents, first is single page listing of names, following fourteen pages are a different document and copied poorly so some pages have bottom line missing or some text distorted.'POW's' [Blue ink top right hand side of first page] '(EX. W.AUST.' [Blue ink lower right hand side of first page] '(EX. VICTORIA)' [Blue ink lower right hand side of first page] '[?]: [?]N James' [Blue ink at bottom edge of first page] 'REPORT TO [??] TRIBUNAL' [Blue ink at bottom edge of first page]wwii, ww2, world war 2, bangka island, prisoners of war, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), nesta gwenyth james

Interview article on the publication of 'Our war nurses' by Rupert Goodman, who is pictured with Vivian Statham [neé Bullwinkel] president of the Returned Sisters sub-branch of the RSL [presumably in Perth].A large newspaper clipping consisting of two columns of text and a large black and white photo of and old woman and man holding and book open between them.'30/5/88' [blue ink, top left corner]vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), rupert goodman, nursing in warfare